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Flames ripped through the Dayton Packing Plant on Slaughterhouse Road in Wayne Township just before 2 a.m. The young couple who own the business escaped the fire, but are now forced to rebuild. They bought the plant earlier this summer.

"The gentleman who took the business over just purchased the business and started the business back up in early June, so he's pretty devastated at this point," said Dayton Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Barry Lockhart.

Firefighters did all they could to stop the flames from destroying what the young owners worked so hard to build, but they were face with many challenges.

When fire crews arrived, flames were through the roof, causing it to collapse.

"They were too intense. We had a lot of power lines and stuff around the structure, it pretty much inhibited us," Lockhart said.The back of the building, where the bulk of the work was done, was destroyed.

Firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading to the owners' mobile home where they lived with their baby on the property.

"Everybody is OK. That's the main thing for now," said neighbor Bart Brown.

Within 45 minutes, firefighters had the fire under control. Nobody was hurt, but the the owners are faced with the tough task of rebuilding.

"It is very sad, especially for a young couple who's trying to get a local business started. This is going to be very devastating to them," Lockhart said.

"He put a lot into it in the last six months, a lot of sleepless nights. He's young and he's ambitious," Brown said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the state police fire marshal.